WebFOCUS Developer Studio Update

WebFOCUS Developer Studio Update

Dimitris PoulosTechnical Director

April 21, 2023

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WebFOCUS Developer Studio Update Agenda

Developer Studio editions InstallDeveloping in the Data Servers areaSource ControlUsing an external Text EditorMetadata tools


Developer Studio Editions


Product Edition Allows Local Development

Allows Remote Development

Network edition Development options

Developer Studio Yes Yes Yes ▪ Allows remote and local (standalone) development from the Projects area

▪ Maintain development

▪ Application development from the Data Servers area

▪ MR Development

▪ MR Administration including User management

Developer Studio Visual Discovery

Yes Yes No Same as Developer Studio edition plus Visual Discovery components

Report Developer

(New edition starting with 761)

No Yes No Requires an existing WebFOCUS Environment to connect and perform development.

▪Allows remote development from the Projects area

▪Application development from the Data Servers area

▪MR Development

Managed Reporting Developer

No Yes Yes Requires an existing WebFOCUS Environment to connect and perform MR development.

▪Access to Data Servers area based on MR user access rights

Developer Studio editions

Power Reporter edition will continue to be made available through 76x

Additional info available from: http://techsupport.informationbuilders.com/tech/wbf/wbf_rln_power_reporter_support.html


http://techsupport.informationbuilders.com/tech/wbf/wbf_rln_power_reporter_support.html

http://techsupport.informationbuilders.com/tech/wbf/wbf_rln_power_reporter_support.html

Supported Windows versions

XP Professional Windows 7 64-bit and 32-bit 2008 and 2003 Server editions

Install requirements: User installing software must have admin rights on PC Product can be installed by a different user than the

person that will be using the product.


Install

Install options: Interactive Silent


Install

Developer Studio is available as a 32-bit application Packages a Reporting Server that is also 32-bit and

requires Java 32-bit. Reporting Server is used for processing only by Developer Studio editions that allow local/standalone development.

When working against remote WebFOCUS environments java configuration can be 64-bit and Reporting Server can also be 64-bit

Java requirements:SDK 1.5 and higher for releases 769 and higher

Option to install and configure Tomcat is only available for editions that allow local/standalone development


Install

Enhancements (as of 769): Can install multiple versions

New folder names used by each installationSeparate registry entries for each installed version

New Advanced Configuration optionCustom web/app server aliasesCustomize Reporting Server portCustomize Applications folder

Install on same PC with WebFOCUS and maintain independent configurations


Prompt for Program Folder name

Program folder name can be customized by adding a suffix

e.g. WebFOCUS 77 Developer Studio 7703


Location for WebFOCUS Applications

Developers can specify location of WebFOCUS applications. This information will be used to configure the APPROOT alias and configuration files (CGIVARS.WFS and EDASERVE.CFG)


Install and configuration Options


Advanced Configuration Option

Allows developers to customize aliases/context roots for /ibi_html, /ibi_apps and /ibi_help

These entries should be changed from default values to support multiple Dev Studio versions or allow Dev Studio to have a separate configuration from WebFOCUS installations available on the same PC and use the same app server

Port for the Reporting Server can be changed to allow multiple Reporting Server instances to run simultaneously


Install and configuration Options


Update install option

When an earlier version of the same release is installed, the install program allows developers to select the version that will be updated


Indicates release number

Displays suffix numberUsed in folder name

Example:..\DevStudio77_7703

..\DevStudio77_7702m

Performing multiple installations

To install multiple versions, select the option to perform a Full Install when other versions are detected


Performing multiple installations

When presented with Program Folder name, you need to provide a unique name by adding a suffix e.g. WebFOCUS 77 Developer Studio 7703

This will install Dev Studio in a folder called ..\ibi\DevStudio77_7703\ and will create unique registry keys with names:

HKCU\Software\Information Builders\Developer Studio\77_7703\ and

HKLM\Software\Information Builders\Developer Studio\77_7703\


Notes

When switching between versions you must run THISFOCI.BAT from the BIN folder of the Dev Studio version you are switching to

For Windows 7 you need to run THISFOCI.BAT with the option Run as administrator

For Standalone development, create environments with different descriptions for each of the Dev Studio versions (localhost has configuration based on the most recent install)

Example: For 769, change “localhost” to “localhost 769” based on aliases used

(e.g. /ibi_html769 and /ibi_apps769) For your 7703 version create an environment called “localhost 7703”

with the aliases for that installation (e.g. /ibi_html7703 and /ibi_apps7703)


Nested apps


Support for Reporting Server applications with sub-folders On by default with Reporting Server 7703

Sub-folders are added to the application search pathServer can be configured to search all sub-folders or a

number of levels of sub-folders

Nested apps


WebFOCUS Client needs setting IBFS_enabled=yes added to Custom Settings:

Nested apps

Working with nested apps from Dev Studio:


Working in the Data Servers area

View files grouped in virtual folders or display physical view is controlled from the explorer toolbar


Virtual folders enabled. Overlay in folder icon used to distinguish a virtual from a real folder

Physical view


Application baseapp is used to store shared resources and it is always gets used by the server and gets added to the end of the servers search path.

baseapp will also display in dialogs and tools. If not needed it can be deleted.

foccache is an application created by the server per user, per session to store users temporary files.



Development against WebFOCUS environments that are configured with Cluster Manager (CLM) Processing are supported from Developer Studio.

Development against Cluster node configurations are also supported. Nodes configured in a Cluster node can be hidden from the Windows options dialog:


Source Control

Source Control allows versioning of files.Supported in the Projects and the Managed Reporting areaWe currently support the following version control systems:

Visual SourceSafe Subversion CVS ClearCase Serena ChangeMan DS Razor

We are finalizing development for Aldon LM(e), Perforce and we will be working on adding support for Team Foundation Server and AccuRev


Source Control

It gets automatically enabled if a supported source control client is detected on the developers PC

Developer Studio will enable Source Control menus and add a new column in the explorer that shows the Source Control Status

Configuration and selection of the Source Control Provider to be used is done from the Windows options dialog


Source Control


Text Editor

Support for third party editors is available from Developer Studio

When a file type such as .fex/.htm is associated to open with a default program through Windows Explorer, an option is also made available in the Developer Studio explorer when a developer right clicks on a file to allow them to edit file in the Windows registered program.


Metadata tools

Synonym EditorBusiness ViewsCluster JoinsForeign key

Developer Studio provides metadata tools to allow synonym creation and edits, configure adapters, set server APP PATH and provides links to connect to the server web console to perform administrative and configuration tasks.


Metadata

Synonym Editor: Used to view, modify synonyms Provides error checking Allows certain parameters in the master and access file to

be parameterized. Example: connection name, table name

These options display in blue font


Metadata Business Views

By default are created within the real master file New synonym can be created to store the Business View information From Synonym Editor click on the Business View icon in the toolbar to open the Business View pane. At first a root folder needs to be created and fields can be dropped under this folder. Sub-folders can be created to organize data. Allows customization of field names Fields can be grouped in custom folders


Metadata


Metadata

Use of a Business View master file from Report Painter


Metadata

Synonyms are created with Foreign Key if it exists and info is added to the Access File.


Metadata

If the option to create the Synonym with the Foreign key is selected, the synonym will get created as a Cluster join and will have the referenced tables included


Metadata


Cluster Join

Tables can be included by reference


Cluster Join

Synonym is now referenced by code CRFILE


Thank you for attending our session and will be happy to answer any questions you may have.


Documents

WebFOCUS Developer Studio Update